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Sheldon Keefe on Auston Matthews scoring 51 goals in his last 50 games: “There was a moment on the bench where Spezza turned around and gave me the eyes like, ‘This is something special.'”

On whether he is able to take a step back and soak in the historic nature of Auston Matthews’ accomplishments:

There was a moment, especially when the second one went in, where Spezza turned around and kind of gave me the eyes like, “This is something special.” No doubt. It is fun.

I was surprised he stopped at two, to be honest, with the way he was playing. You felt like he was going to have a serious night. It didn’t go in for him the rest of the way, but he was great tonight.